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- Jul 28th, 2010 - Google patches “high risk” vulnerabilities in Chrome
If your organization uses the Chrome browser, be sure to update to the newest version. It fixes three high-risk security vulnerabilities that could expose users to malicious attacks. The update is available for Windows, Linux, Mac and Chrome Frame operating systems. Technical details are being withheld, but you can read more about it here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/google-plugs-high-risk-chrome-security-holes/6952?tag=nl.e550. more...
- Jul 28th, 2010 - Lots of talk, no action from Senate on online privacy legislation
The U.S. Senate commerce committee held a hearing this week on “consumer online privacy,” but it consisted mostly of talking with little to no consensus on what action should be taken (if any) to regulate Internet data collection. The bottom line: don’t expect any actual legislation to be passed anytime soon. more...
- Jul 28th, 2010 - Free Tool from Sophos to fix Windows .LNK vulnerability
The shortcut (.LNK) file vulnerability that we reported on earlier this month – which affects Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 – has not yet been patched by Microsoft. Security Advisory 2286198 advised of workarounds but many people are not happy with those. There are now exploits out there “in the wild” that take advantage of this vulnerability. For the interim, security company Sophos has released a tool that detects malicious links in shortcuts and blocks them. more...
- Jul 21st, 2010 - Microsoft shortcut vulnerability
Last week Microsoft released security advisory 2286198, which advises of a vulnerability in Windows Shell that incorrectly parses shortcuts (LNK files). An attacker can take advantage of this in a variety of ways – via a USB drive, over network shares using WebDAV, or by embedding shortcuts in a document. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2286198.mspx This appears to be a particularly nasty vulnerability and one for which the exploit code is now out there. more...
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